modalidad

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish modal

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itātemlbor.

Spanish -idad

Spanish modalidad

From modal + -idad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /modaliˈdad/ [mo.ð̞a.liˈð̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: mo‧da‧li‧dad

Noun

modalidad f (plural modalidades)

1. modality

Further reading

• “modalidad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026